Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'-Chapter 1264 - 264: Empire Line: Toward the [Spiritual Deer] Ending (59)

The three immediately tightened their nerves and solemnly looked at the vortex.

Silence, quiet, fiery flames flew up to the sky, then spiraled and fell.

Clearly in the heat of a fiery battlefield, yet everyone present felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave; their exposed skin became nearly stiff and cracked, blood vessels contracted, slowly squeezing blood into narrow veins, the body felt incredibly heavy, but the mood became increasingly anxious and uneasy.

An indescribable fatigue quickly surged up, keeping everyone in a state of exhaustion and pain as if sitting on pins and needles.

Dead silence.

Dead silence represents the unknown, and the unknown breeds suspicion. It makes one unconsciously ponder who is coming, whether they can be matched, whether they can be resisted, and what will happen if they are defeated?

Moments later, a voice suddenly broke this damn silence.

"Going live, going live! Family members, give a like, new viewers, give a follow, throw some free Ether Coins from your hands, if you like, you can get a card, OK! Family members—welcome to the most bustling 50505 livestream room in the entire Ether Civilization!"

Accompanied by an extremely sexy male bubble voice, a robust Asian man wearing a yellow engineer helmet, carrying big and small bags, stepped onto the land, carrying a pickaxe while passionately speaking to someone unknown.

"Family members, what is presented before us is none other than the famous Apostle Arthur's Divine Country [King of the Sword Enclosed Arena]—you ask where Apostle Arthur is? Oh, he just passed away, everyone throw some gifts to resurrect him."

The man chuckled, seemingly having received a wave of gifts, then turned his head, finally noticing Li Aozi and his companions:

"Ah, isn't it our Lord Leoz? Family members, I said I'd show you something good, didn't deceive you this time, right?"

Saying so, he walked down the high platform with one hand on his waist; the closer he got, the more suffocating his Ether aura became, leaving a deep corrosive mark wherever he stepped.

"Long time no see! Lord Leoz! Haven't seen you for years, and you've turned into quite a proper beauty, hahaha."

The man stepped into the flames, his eyes shining silver, even the flames that could ignite energy dared not touch him under the suppression of his aura; he stopped ten steps away from Li Aozi, directly facing him:

"Do you remember me?"

Li Aozi kept a stiff face, silent, with no recollection of such a person, but the other's spirit and strength were certainly not ordinary.

"Is that so? Ah, guess I'm down and out. Family members, he's now well-off and doesn't recognize me anymore."

The man pointed at Leoz, chuckling a few times, suddenly straightened his posture, eyes bright, like a changed person, pronounced clearly and forcefully:

"Dogs of the ruling class oppressors of the Primordial Abyss, listen well! You are facing: former director of engineering of Ether Civilization, model laborer winner three times, recipient of the title of Human Hero, recipient of the Civil Construction Medal—[Engineer] councilor, the amiable Comrade Zhang Fulong! You may call me Director Zhang, Bureau Chief Zhang."

After Zhang Fulong finished speaking, the pickaxe in his hand struck the ground, he leaned against the wooden handle like a knight supporting himself with a sword, his work clothes paired with various instrument dials were his armor.

He grinned, pointed at Li Aozi, and laughed:

"Shall I call you the respectable Lord Leoz or our [Blacksmith] dear comrade?"

Li Aozi remained indifferent, never taking it seriously, as the words of Meganiros still echoed in his mind.

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"[Society] has always been telling its people one thing."

"We are great liberators who will ultimately change the entire order of Starry Abyss and let those who oppress and enslave the masses be oppressed and enslaved by the masses."

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During the extinction battle of Ziluo Star, the acquired institution clearly stated:

「Social Institution」 is the material stripped and dismantled from the dead society, integrated. Since [Society] itself is a complete aggregation of a civilization, 「Social Institution」 can be anything. Including factories, industrial chains, cultural memes, military, ethnic groups, mineral resources, research centers, churches, individual powers, etc.

The goals of the holder of institutions will be continuously vetted by [Society].

For every 100 points the vetting target's [Intelligence] attributes exceed, corruption level +1%

If the vetting target possesses [Worldview: Syndicalism], [Worldview: Democracy], [Worldview: Egalitarianism], [Worldview: Collectivism], etc., corruption level +12%

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[Mechanical World Society] interception battle.

Three Mechanical World councilors, all originally corrupted from the marginalized individuals of Crystal Tower Civilization.

The fact that they could climb to councilor positions indicates their origin was indeed marginalized individuals of Crystal Tower Civilization, filled with hatred towards the social status of their origin civilization, or simply victims of the dark side of society—when the absolutely fair [Society] threw them an olive branch, they naturally accepted it without hesitation.

"Even though knowing it's corruption, knowing that joining [Society] means losing oneself, who cares at this point?"

"At this stage, what [Mechanical World Society] offers them is something the Crystal Tower could never offer equally."

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Six-layered Starry Abyss, 13 Narrative Civilizations.

[Primordial Abyss]:

1st Narrative—「Source Starry Abyss」

Grand Narrative: Fate/Fixed Class Doctrine

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[Nether Abyss]:

2nd Narrative—「Darkstream Settlement」

Grand Narrative: Isolationism

3rd Narrative—「Immortal Royal Court」

Grand Narrative: Existentialism

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[Mass Abyss]:

4th Narrative—「Beautiful World」

Grand Narrative: Pacifism

5th Narrative—「Eternal Corridor」

Grand Narrative: Humanism

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[Zhou Yuan]:

6th Narrative—「Void Kingdom」

Grand Narrative: Nihilism

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[Border Abyss]:

7th Narrative—「Soul Hometown」

Grand Narrative: All-Spirit Idealism

8th Narrative—「Endless Garden」

Grand Narrative: Futurism

9th Narrative—「Collapsed Homeland」

Grand Narrative: Empiricism

10th Narrative—「Crimson Blood Alliance」

Grand Narrative: Racial Supremacy

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11th Narrative—「Union Group」

Grand Narrative: Financial Capitalism

12th Narrative—「Obliteration Sanctum」

Grand Narrative: Religious Idealism

13th Narrative—「Empire of Heralds」

Grand Narrative: Imperialism

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Observing all the Narrative Civilizations, they all uphold traditional and conservative ideologies.

At this moment, Li Aozi suddenly realized that perhaps the disbandment of Life Commune was not just because they naively opposed Narrative Civilizations and touched upon forbidden topics while researching Inherent Time Domain.

More importantly, the existence of Life Commune itself challenged that traditional order; they longed for reform, for equally distributing the information and resources concentrated in the hands of power.

The research of Life Commune had already proven that the Narrative Civilizations possessing Inherent Time Domain were no different from [Society], except for that few pounds of Primordial Soil.

Li Aozi looked at the spirited middle-aged Asian man before him, finally understanding that the vigor in the man was something the Starry Abyss People could never replicate or imitate.

Zhang Fulong facing him truly embraced the ideology of overthrowing oppressors and liberating Starry Abyss.

…Perhaps Meganiros was right.

[Society] is indeed a lot more civilized and progressive than Starry Abyss.

At this moment, Li Aozi felt even more confused; the worldview he accepted was obtained and accumulated through battles.

He had always believed that as long as they drove out the Destroyers, as long as they killed all the Earthlings, everything could return to normal.

But now, the goal of fighting fiercely suddenly became extremely hollow.

Truly sharp blades, slashing upon the head of injustice?

In the eyes of [Society] side, they are the injustice!

Claiming to wield swords for injustice, ultimately, he and Oshen's alliance seemed to only be creating the next Lai Anding.

In the end, who is the glorious liberator? And who is the creator of injustice?